The 5 Most Pointlessly Women-Specific Products

Sometimes women need different versions of certain products, such as smaller clothes or sappier movies or bras with larger cups than men's bras. But most products don't need that split, which is why you don't see Wastebaskets for Women or Ladies' Bookshelves.

They wouldn't be used for books, of course.

That doesn't mean people haven't tried to make a "for the ladies" version of everything possible, with products such as:

Tools

I don't know about you, but time and time again I find myself taking out a hard drive or installing a curtain rod with a Phillips-head screwdriver and going, "Man! I feel so uncomfortable using what is obviously a man's screwdriver! I wish I had one that was pink, and maybe scented! I sure would be able to install this curtain rod much quicker."

I won't be buying any because I don't see anything about lavender and chamomile scents, or maybe some inspiring quotes from Oprah inscribed on the handles -- and I just don't feel feminine enough without that.

I know a lot of these "women's tools" manufacturers go on about how, no really, women have smaller hands so they really need different tools with smaller handles.

Via Yankee PostmanAre you a drag queen with small hands? Then this hammer is for you!

First of all, I have hands so small they're basically child-sized, and a tool handle would have to be of rolling-pin girth for me to have any trouble gripping it. Secondly, if it's that important, why not just make and market small-sized tools as small-sized tools? Then they can be used by smaller men and kids as well, instead of forcing those groups to buy floral-print hammers.

It seems like manufacturers are afraid women won't buy tools because they're associated with "masculine" activities, so they try to appeal to women by making them pink and having them host, er ... "tool parties." You know, just like Tupperware parties, except with tools -- or maybe more like sex toy parties, except with literal tools.

"Pink-izing" tools for dainty women afraid of "man things" might seem pretty silly, but that's because you haven't seen the pink guns.

Guns

That's right -- pink guns. If you're a woman who's put off by the macho violence of guns, maybe you'd change your mind if they were pink.

I mean, I am really on the fence about whether I should purchase a gun for self-defense and recreation, or whether the safety hazards outweigh the benefits. But wait, pink you say? I'll take five! Look at how cute they are!

In general, people seem to overestimate how much appeal pink has to women. One popular study made the headlines showing that women are "biologically wired" to prefer pink, but a look at the actual graphs show the distribution isn't as narrow as the headlines make it sound. The number of men and women who like blues and blue-greens are almost the same and both sexes' color preferences are actually pretty spread out in general:

Which makes you wonder how they came to this whole "biologically wired" conclusion to begin with.

Anyway, making a few small runs of novelty pink guns for the tiny demographic of women who like guns and must have everything in pink makes sense, but considering the actual numbers above, there are way too many of these things.

Energy Drinks

Suppose you are a girl that needs to stay awake to study for your -- I don't know -- fashion marketing final or midwife practical exam or whatever. Should you drink a Red Bull or something? Hell no! It's so manly! It might make you grow a penis! You'd rather fall asleep, fail your exam and go back to hairdressing or stripping, am I right?

But wait! Now there's Go Girl -- the pink energy drink just for women!

Now, they do give some money to breast cancer, and the drinks have less calories -- so I guess maybe those are things you could say women would care about. But wait, it also comes with an "herbal appetite suppressant." Ouch. Any person with common sense knows that going up to a woman and saying, "I made this especially for you! It has a diet pill dissolved in it!" is a good recipe for getting punched in the face.

GettyOr kicked in the balls. It's a risky proposition, no doubt.

So why make a drink that says that?

OK, what else have we got? Let's see -- the marketing blurb closes with, "Plus, it comes in a cute pink can ;)."